A Dog's Purpose

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So many people have helped me in so many ways to get me from where I started to where I am today, I hardly know where to begin the task of identifying them all—and where to stop is even more perplexing a choice. So let me state for the record that I know that as both a writer and a person I am a work in progress who thus far is a sum of all I’ve learned and experienced, and that I owe everything to the people who have taught me, helped me, and supported me.

I do want to make sure I acknowledge some of the writings I used in my research into how dogs think. Dogwatching, by Desmond Morris. What the Dogs Have Taught Me, by Merrill Markoe. The Hidden Life of Dogs, by Elizabeth Marshall Thomas. Search and Rescue Dogs, by the American Rescue Dog Association. The works of Cesar Millan, James Herriot, Dr. Marty Becker, and Gina Spadafori.

I wouldn’t be anything without the support of my family, especially my parents, who have always believed in my writing despite a couple of decades’ worth of rejection notices.

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